Police charge woman with shoplifting at JCPenney store

Published 11:25 pm, Wednesday, July 21, 2010

DANBURY -- A Patterson, N.Y., woman was arrested at JCPenney at the Danbury Fair mall Tuesday after she tried to conceal merchandise beneath a diaper bag under the seat of a baby stroller that was occupied by a child, police said.

Kim Heady, 26, tried to take 90 pieces of clothing without paying. Police said the clothing's value was $1,679.

Heady was charged with third-degree larceny because the value of the merchandise was more than $1,500, according to Capt. Thomas Wendel of the Danbury Police Department. She was also charged with risk of injury to a minor.

Police said they took Heady into custody and said the child was picked up by a relative.

Danbury man charged with animal cruelty

DANBURY -- Police charged a Danbury man with cruelty to animals Tuesday afternoon after a dog owner told police that the man beat a dog near where he was mowing a lawn, according to the Danbury Police Department.

The alleged incident occurred in the area of High Ridge Road at around 1:15 p.m.

Police charged Vincent Mourning, 48, of New Street, with breach of peace, cruelty to animals and threatening.

According to Capt. Thomas Wendel of the Danbury Police Department, Mourning was mowing a lawn and a dog was chained up on the adjacent property. The dog's owner claimed Mourning "charged at" the dog with the lawn mower, according to the report, then took off his belt and began to beat the dog, striking it five times with the metal part of his belt.

The report also said Mourning left the scene but later went to police headquarters to give his side of the story. He was later arrested.

Police said Mourning was held Tuesday. No further details were available.

Bethel man charged with heroin possession

BETHEL -- A local man was arrested and charged possession of narcotics and possession of narcotics with intent to sell, following a drug investigation Tuesday, police said.

According to police, Amarpreet Sidhu, 25, of Mansfield Street, was in the parking lot at Burger King when he was stopped by police.

Police said Sidhu was allegedly in possession of "suspected heroin" and that "the heroin was packaged for sale." Sidhu was arrested and transported to police headquarters where he was being held on a $10,000 bond, police said.

According to police, he was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in state Superior Court in Danbury.